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‘I was doing this for the love of this job,’ said Sergeant Johannes Chokoe. ‘When the victim is in front of me, I usually put myself in her shoes.’ Sergeant Johannes Chokoe, based at Limpopo’s Westenburg Police Station, was named SAPS Detective and Forensic Services Employee of the Year for his...

To be named the South African Police Services’ Detective and Forensic Services Employee of the Year, you’d need to be a special type of police officer.

Constable Thato Motlagomang Mothamane of the Selosesha police station in the Free State won the top SAPS Laureate Award at a ceremony in Polokwane.

Community policing forums in South Africa are usually dominated by men. But Karen Kemp, who heads the Bethelsdorp CPF, overcame the challenges and excelled.

More than 30 police officers from across the country were recognised at the South African Police Service’s Excellence Awards for the men and women in blue who went the extra mile to protect South Africans. The awards ceremony was held in Polokwane, Limpopo, on Saturday night.

A Zimbabwean national, his wife and girlfriend are among suspects arrested for the kidnapping of a Midrand businessman.

Five people, including an alleged kidnapping mastermind, his wife and girlfriend, have been arrested for allegedly kidnapping a Midrand businessman.

Johannesburg - A multidisciplinary team led by the National Anti-Kidnapping Task Team has on Tuesday arrested five people, including a Zimbabwean man, his wife and girlfriend, as kidnappings continue to surge in South Africa. According to the police, to date, more than 124 kidnapping suspects have been arrested, with 81 of them still in police…

THE police’s multi-disciplinary team has been able to prevent a kidnapping for ransom of a minor.

A 55-year-old man has been arrested after he was caught while allegedly planning to kidnapping of a child.